Eurobarometer 45.1
Subtitle: European Union Rights, Sun Exposure, Work Safety, and Privacy Issues, April-May 1996
By: Karlheinz Reif, Eric Marlier
Contributors: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Series: ICPSR -- 6749; Eurobarometer Survey Series -- 6749; ICPSR (Series) -- 6749.
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Subjects: Work environment; Political influence; European unification; Privacy; Social change; Public opinion; Attitudes; European Union; Occupational safety and health; Economic integration; Quality of life; Civil rights; Information use; Life satisfaction; Public health; Euro
Description: This round of Eurobarometer surveys queried respondents on standard Eurobarometer measures, such as whether they attempted to persuade others close to them to share their views on subjects they held strong opinions about, whether they discussed political matters, and what the EU's goals should be for the next ten years. Additional questions focused on the respondents' knowledge of and opinions on the European Union (EU), including how well-informed they felt about the EU, what sources of information about the EU they used, whether their country had benefited from being an EU member, and the extent of their personal interest in EU matters. Another major focus of the surveys was the rights of EU citizens as well as issues of work safety, sun exposure, and personal interviews. Respondents were asked about their knowledge of and the importance of rights such as traveling, working, buying, investing, studying, voting, and receiving medical care anywhere in the EU. Respondents provided further interpretation as to the meaning of some rights by indicating whether the right to live anywhere includes the right to permanently relocate, work, vote, or retire, if the right to work anywhere includes the right to set up a business, receive unemployment, receive retirement pay, or work as a civil servant, if the right to study includes equal access to schools, universities, scholarships, or exchange programs, and if purchasing rights include the right to buy any amount of goods for personal or other use. Questions concerning work safety asked respondents about their satisfaction with steps taken to guarantee health and safety in the workplace and whether employers, government inspectors, worker representatives, company committees, or individual workers should contribute more or less in order to reduce work accidents or work-related illnesses. Responses were also elicited regarding w... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR06749
Notes: Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

AVAILABLE. This study is freely available to ICPSR member institutions.

1 data file + machine-readable documentation (PDF) + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements + data collection instrument (PDF)

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Europe, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden

Also available as downloadable files.

Mode of access: Intranet.

Data source: personal interviews

Universe: Persons aged 15 and over residing in the 15 member nations of the European Union: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: Data File